TELEGRAM TO V. V. KURAYEV

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August 10, 1918

KurayevGubernia Executive CommitteePenza

Havereceived your telegram, passed it on to Sverdlov
and reached agreement with him.

Allmeasures will be taken.

Essentialto crush the kulak rising with the greatest
energy, speed and ruthlessness, drawing part of the troops from
Penza, confiscating all the property of the rebel kulaks and
all their grain. Telegraph more frequently how this is going.

LeninChairman, Council of People’s Commissars